Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is a bit odd (but timely since I found out last night that a friend died). We are to write a monologue poem delivered by someone who is dead. Poem-a-Day prompt is a metaphor poem. A to Z Challenge is Game. My Janus word is garnish: With food, the verb means “toContinue reading “After Fleeting Moments Fly”
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Fun with Collective Nouns
The NaPoWriMo prompt today is to choose a short line from a beloved book as the title of the poem, then once the poem is written, completely change the title. At first I had trouble deciding which book to draw from, but then my eyes rested on my beautiful copy of A Compendium of CollectiveContinue reading “Fun with Collective Nouns”
Heightened Senses
The prompt for NaPoWriMo is a form prompt called “The Shapes a Bright Container Can Contain.” We are to emulate a poems shape/line lengths and use the same first letter of each line. Over at the A to Z challenge there is a dice game of challenges and rewards. I’m enjoying their theme this year.Continue reading “Heightened Senses”
Liminal Imagery
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to choose an image from @SpaceLiminalBot to inspire a poem. PAD Challenge: Write an active poem Self-fulfilling All of the shelves are emptythe end is near nothing left to read herethe end is near the light blotches in the blue carpetlead the eye to the liner left in the trash canContinue reading “Liminal Imagery”
Shuffling my deck
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt includes some arts and crafts. We are challenged to create a “Personal Universal Deck” of words, then use some in a poem. I also listened to an audio recording of Michael McClure giving a lecture explaining the deck. Sadly, it ends right before he’s going to discuss things that can be doneContinue reading “Shuffling my deck”
#NaPoWriMo Day 2: A Different Choice
The NaPoWriMo prompt this morning is to explore a road not taken. What would have happened if I made a different choice. The PAD Challenge prompt is “What will the future hold?” Over at A to Z they’re challenging writers to make bets with ourselves. I bet I can read and leave comments on fiveContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 2: A Different Choice”
April First: And so it begins
It’s the very first day of National Poetry Writing Month and the prompt is to “derange” myself, make the world strange and see it as a stranger. This could tie in nicely with the April PAD Challenge prompt: write an introduction poem. As part of my poem, I could introduce a stranger: create a personaContinue reading “April First: And so it begins”
April’s Blogging A to Z challenge: contronyms, antagonyms, or auto-antonyms. Oh, my!
April is almost here! My days are flying by too quickly. Yesterday, I signed up for the blogging A to Z challenge. This will be my fourth year combining National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) with the blogging A to Z challenge. I enjoy how the poetry prompts and the words I choose for the challengeContinue reading “April’s Blogging A to Z challenge: contronyms, antagonyms, or auto-antonyms. Oh, my!”
NaPoWriMo 2020 Poetry Anthology Comes Out Tomorrow (and I’m in it)
I’m happy to announce my poem, “A Review of Wonderment,” is included in an anthology! The Auroras & Blossoms NaPoWriMo Anthology: 2020 Edition will be released as an e-book tomorrow (June 23). It includes poems written during National Poetry Writing Month (April) from 38 poets with a focus on positivity and inspiration. Give yourself, orContinue reading “NaPoWriMo 2020 Poetry Anthology Comes Out Tomorrow (and I’m in it)”
A Poetry and Photography Project for May: Day 1 the flowers stole focus
I started my day by taking another look at Molly Spencer’s revision post. I followed her link to Poets & Writers The Time Is Now series and found an inspiring prompt: Excavating the Mind The prompt, inspired by Bernadette Mayer’s book Memory, challenges to jot down notes about several images and observations each day forContinue reading “A Poetry and Photography Project for May: Day 1 the flowers stole focus”
Experience Writing 